The 11th Airlift Squadron (11 AS) was most recently part of the 375th Airlift Wing

375th Airlift Wing

The 375th Air Mobility Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Eighteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. It is part of Air Mobility Command ....

 as Scott Air Force Base

Scott Air Force Base

Scott Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville.-Overview:The base is named after Corporal Frank S. Scott, the first enlisted person to be killed in an aviation crash...

, Washington. It operated C-9 Nightingale aircraft conducting medical evacuation missions.

History

The 11th ferried aircraft to modification centers and tactical

Military tactics

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 units mostly within the Continental United States from, April 1942-March 1944. The squadron flew aeromedical evacuation

Aeromedical evacuation

Aeromedical Evacuation usually refers to specialized medical transportation units in the United States Air Force. Within the U.S. Air Force, AE is coordinated by Air Mobility Command located at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois...

s from 1956, including transport of wounded Afghan

Demography of Afghanistan

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 soldiers and civilians from, 1986-1987.

Previous designations

• 11th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron (1942–1943)
• 11th Ferrying Squadron (1943–1956)
• 11th Aeromedical Transport Squadron, Light (1956–1964)
• 11th Aeromedical Transport Squadron (1964–1966)
• 11th Aeromedical Airlift Squadron (1966–1993)
• 11th Airlift Squadron (1993 – Present)

Assignments

• 5th Ferrying Group (1942–1944)
• 1st Aeromedical Transport Group (1956–1964)
• 1405th Aeromedical Transport Wing (1964–1966)
• 375th Airlift Wing
  375th Airlift Wing
  The 375th Air Mobility Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Eighteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. It is part of Air Mobility Command ....
  
   (1966–2003)

Bases stationed

• Hensley Field, Texas
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   (1942)
• Love Field, Texas (1942–1944)
• Scott Air Force Base
  Scott Air Force Base
  Scott Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville.-Overview:The base is named after Corporal Frank S. Scott, the first enlisted person to be killed in an aviation crash...
  
  , Illinois
  Illinois
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   (1956–2003)

Aircraft operated

• C-131 Samaritan
  C-131 Samaritan
  The Convair C-131 Samaritan was an American military transport produced from 1954 to 1956. It is the military version of the Convair CV-240.-Design and development:...
  
   (1956–1970)
• C-118 Liftmaster (1956–1970)
• C-9 Nightingale (1968–2003)